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DRS

Disturbance Reduction System

The Disturbance Reduction System, or DRS, designed as part of the Space Technology 7 project, was an experimental system for measuring gravitational waves in space, which are thought to contain important data about the history of the universe.

LISA-Pathfinder

Mission Statistics

Launch Date

Dec. 3, 2015

Type

Instrument

Target

Exoplanets

Status

Past

About the mission

The Disturbance Reduction System, or DRS, designed as part of the Space Technology 7 project, was an experimental system for measuring gravitational waves in space, which are thought to contain important data about the history of the universe.

The system was incorporated into the European Space Agency's LISA Pathfinder spacecraft to test key technology for a future ESA/NASA Laser Interferometer Space Antenna mission.

Instruments

  • Disturbance Reduction System

Mission Highlights

Dec. 3, 2015

Launch

Successfully launched at 04:04 GMT, December 3, 2015.
Exoplanets target

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